Developments in the USA
The green light for the sale of F-35s to Greece was given by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez, as he announced from the Delphi Economic Forum in Washington. The committee's Republican vice chairman, Jim Reese, as well as the chairman and vice chairman of the corresponding House committee (Michael McCall, Gregory Meeks) must also agree under the process.
When this consent is secured, which is estimated to be a matter of time, then the US government will formally notify Congress of the sale of F-35s to Greece, and then the prescribed procedure for the ratification of the defense contract will be followed.
It is recalled that within February or March, the Greek government and the Ministry of National Defense (MIND) will receive the official response of the US government regarding the cost of the program so that the so-called LOA (Letter of Acceptance) can then be concluded in a second year in continuation of the initial letter sent (LOR – Letter Of Request).
In his recent visit to our country, the executive vice president of Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-35, was particularly revealing about the planes that our country is going to receive.
Mr. Greg Ulmer stated in his interview with SKAI that the Greek F-35s will be equipped with the most modern electronic warfare systems. It will be the most modern generation of the plane, the TR-3 with Block4 software, which make the plane even more powerful and practically invincible.
The new technological elements of "our" F-35 will allow it to have an even better surveillance of the field, it will be able to detect more precisely and at a greater depth the enemy's lines and it will be able to have direct and better cooperation with the remaining friendly planes, namely the F-16s. The modern electronic systems of the Greek F-35 will be able to "blind" enemy radars at an even greater depth, while it will render completely useless the S400 of Turkey and any other air defense system. These systems will definitely be included in the package of the Greek F-35s, which when we get them will be the latest generation and much more modern than counterparts that have air forces of other countries. These will enhance the already unique capabilities of the F-35, which essentially changes the entire landscape in the Aegean, essentially being a flying platform, which cooperates and directs the rest of the forces to prevent an attack.
